Agreeing with the sentiment of the message doesn’t mean they agree with the political views of the OP.

Yes, point taken, and I was trying to say that the sentiment behind the photo is fine by me. My question was more “is it ok for a copper to “like” an EDL post?” – no matter how harmless the post. Apologies if I’m not making myself clear.

I was thinking the same thing. Copper liked it (hopefully) without realising where it had come from. Just thought it not too wise, and assumed that this week of all (recent) weeks, a copper would be careful about what he or she liked on a social network.

Funnily enough – someone on my timeline has shared the same thing. Certainly not someone who’d want to big up the EDL but the source of the post might not be immediately apparent to people when they share it – as they’re probably sharing someone else’s share.

So, mrs deadly just did a double take at a “like” on her timeline. A copper friend of hers has “Liked” a picture posted by Yorkshire EDL Leeds Division (the real EDL, not the Disco Lovers). FWIW, this is the picture:

And while I agree more or less with the sentiment of the picture, is it wise for a copper to be “liking” anything the EDL posts up? One assumes that a copper’s Facebook page is his or her own business but would she likely see a bit of trouble over this? I’m just being curious here btw, not having a go at coppers, Facebook, etc.

Even racist bigots occasionally have sensible thoughts. I’m not actually so sure what’s wrong with agreeing with sensible thoughts no matter what the source is – play the ball, not the man and all that.

Even racist bigots occasionally have sensible thoughts. I’m not actually so sure what’s wrong with agreeing with sensible thoughts no matter what the source is – play the ball, not the man and all that.

Because endorsing their words enables them to construct a veneer of reasonableness. It’s not playing the man – they’re challenged for what they believe and espouse (the ball), not who they are (the man).

Btw this kind of “like if you believe in Jesus” or “share if you care” bollocks is just the worst stuff on Facey.

I’m sure that pic will be appearing in a post by one or other friends or relations on Fb, purely because of connections with the military, and the sentiment, and I would have ‘liked’ it too. And will, because of what the photo means, not the jackasses who posted it in the first place.

As a bit of a PSA, it seems that a bit of a bug (or something else, I wouldn’t know tbh) may have been doing the rounds on Facebook yesterday evening, as one of mrs deadly’s good friends informed her that she had “liked” an EDL photo as well. 😯 She has since removed the like from her profile (as, funnily enough, had her copper friend). I checked mine, as I had gone onto the EDL Yorkshire-Leeds page to view the image but it hadn’t appeared as a “like” on my profile.

I noticed clubber and others above mentioning that some of their friends had (uncharacteristically) “liked” one of these images as well. I noticed some of my friends (also uncharacteristically) “liking” strange photos and pages yesterday. Might be worth checking your profiles to make sure a mystery “like” hasn’t appeared on your timeline as well. 😐

Whereas I received a quote today which reads
“If the EDL are so concerned about being English, why aren’t they doing more Morris Dancing or entering jam-making competitions instead of being massive bellends.”

I’m sure it’s not original, and I have no idea who to attribute it to, but it did make me smile. 😀